you have republican george allen, the former u.s. senator from that state and democrat tim kaine, the former head of the democratic national committee. this is a very tight race. it's also the most expensive senate race this year. now let's look at the house of representatives. as we know, every two years all 435 seats in the house come up for election. there are currently 242 republicans, 193 democrats. in order for a democrat -- democrats to take control of the house, they would have to win 25 seats. but, scott, we've talked to a number of democrats privately who say it's going to be all but impossible for them to get beyond single digits. we will see. >> pelley: byron thank you very much. let's have a look at where things stand at this early moment on election night. this is the presidential race map. the national map. the states that you see in red are the states where cbs news projects mitt romney will be victorious. the state that you see in blue there, the state of vermont, is where we project that president obama has picked u